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Less well off beneficiaries of free education in the 1940s and 50s may well have balked at today’s student loans and tuition fees

Sir, Your obituary of my father (Dr
F. Clifford Rose, Jan 3) did justice to his career. But he was also a
shining example of social mobility based on merit, and I feel it is worth
stressing this so that we can consider whether his success would be repeated
in today’s educational landscape.

He was born in the slums of the East End of London, the youngest of seven
children, to an immigrant couple. His education was assisted by teachers who
recognised his ability and encouraged him, but he still might not have
achieved anything, had it not been for the